# Fractures at Vestas Wind Technology, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065485` · 6/21/2023 · MATHESON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vestas Wind Technology, Inc.
- **Location:** 43820 CR 86, MATHESON, COLORADO, 80830
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending on the inside of a turbine tower when he fell to the next lower level, resulting in a right hip fracture.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*